All About Reading

Grade5

One morning a father goes out to buy milk for his children to put on their cereal. He takes a really long time to get back; so long they consider eating their cereal with orange juice. When he does get back, this is the story he tells them of why it took him so long. A story in which the milk has a starring role.

In a way, Max is living every child's fantasy: no one to tell him what to do, he doesn't have to go to school and his Grammie gives him a hot dinner every night. On the other hand, he doesn't know where (or why) his parents have gone, or why they left him behind, or when or if they're coming home. And he has to find a job to pay the bills even though he's only 12.
Max comes up with an ingenious way to solve not only his own problems but other people's as well. We could all do with a Max in our lives to help us see how to set things straight.

Zane Dupree lives in New Hampshire with his mom and his dog, Bandit. His father died in an accident before Zane was born. Now, years later, Zane's mom finally was able to get in touch with some of his Dad's relatives. As a result, Zane and Bandit fly to New Orleans to visit Zane's great-grandmother. They are having a good time, and then it starts to rain. They get tickets on a flight to New Hampshire but then all the flights are cancelled. They end up in a church van being evacuated out of New Orleans. But Bandit jumps out of the van. And of course Zane has to follow him.

Now Zane and Bandit are alone in a city they barely know, and it keeps raining.

Sunday Fowler is a middle of the middle child, with two older sisters and three younger brothers. Her father is a carpenter and, now that school is out for the summer, the entire family is going to the little town of Alma, where her father has a job renovating the local library.All Sunday wants is to be noticed: she is tired of being left out of family portraits and called by the wrong name. She is determined that this summer is going to be different. Then she finds something that will not only make her family notice her, it will make her world-famous. But telling about it will hurt her new friend.
Sunday has a decision to make and it won't be an easy one.

Kyle Keeley and 11 of his classmates have won an essay contest that puts them in an overnight lock-in in the town's new public library. They get to spend the night there before anyone else in the town even sees inside. They anticipate a lot of fun because the new library was designed and built by Mr. Lemoncello, who is a famous game maker. The night doesn't disappoint.

Their adventure begins immediately after they are locked in, when they are told that the first person to solve the clues to figure out how to get out of the library will be awarded a special prize.

Here we go again!

This spring, Westport Children's librarians will meet with every single classroom, grades K - 7, in Westport's public schools.

We always bring suitcases full of books to share. We also love to remind kids that the end of the school year is a great time to join our famous Summer Reading Club, which kicks off on Father's Day weekend.

Here are links to stuff you might like to read this summer (and remember, Dudes & Dudettes, these are only suggestions!)

Every spring, the Westport Children's librarians visit every single classroom in the public elementary and middle schools.

Of course, we bring lots of books to share (sometimes suitcases full!)
Scroll to the bottom of this page for links to our favorite summertime reads for Grades K - 7.

We also use this time as an opportunity to remind all the kids (and their parents) that the end of the school year is a great time for everyone to join the public library's famous Summer Reading Club, which kicks off on Father's Day weekend withJESTER JIM at 2:30pm on Saturday, June 15. Every year, 2000+ students of all ages sign up to read read read!

This year's Summer Reading Club theme is "Dig Into Reading!"

So - looking for a great book to read?
These books (and more like them!)
will be on display in the
Children's Library all summer long: